Blean Registration District

BLEAN REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Kent.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1941 (incorporated into Bridge registration district).
Sub-districts : Herne, Sturry, Whitstable.
GRO volumes : V (1837–51), 2a (1852–1941).
Registers now held by : Kent.

Table 1: List of Places in Blean Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Chislet	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (f).
Christchurch	Kent	1837	1910	See Table 2, notes (c) and (f).
Hackington	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, notes (a), (d) and (f).
Herne	Kent	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Herne Bay.
Herne Bay	Kent	1894	1941	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Herne in Herne Bay Urban District. See also Table 2, note (a).
Hoath	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (f).
Reculver	Kent	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Herne Bay.
St. Cosmus & St. Damian in the Blean	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (f).
St. Dunstan	Kent	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and divided into the separate parishes of St. Dunstan Within and St. Dunstan Without.
St. Dunstan Within	Kent	1894	1910	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of St. Dunstan in Canterbury County Borough. See also Table 2, note (c).
St. Dunstan Without	Kent	1894	1934	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of St. Dunstan. Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parishes of Canterbury and St. Cosmus & St. Damian in the Blean. See also Table 2, note (e).
St. Gregory the Great	Kent	1837	1910	See Table 2, note (c).
Seasalter	Kent	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and divided into the parishes of Whitstable Urban and Whitstable cum Seasalter.
Staplegate	Kent	1837	1910	See Table 2, note (c).
Sturry	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, notes (b) and (f).
Swalecliffe	Kent	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Whitstable.
The Archbishop's Palace Precincts	Kent	1837	1910	See Table 2, note (c).
Westbere	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (f).
Whitstable	Kent	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and divided into the parishes of Whitstable Urban and Whitstable cum Seasalter.
Whitstable	Kent	1934	1941	Created 1.4.1934 out of the parishes of Whitstable Urban, Whitstable cum Seasalter, Swalecliffe, Hernhill, Dunkirk, and Graveney. See also Table 2, note (f).
Whitstable cum Seasalter	Kent	1894	1934	Created 1894 out of the parishes of Whitstable and Seasalter. Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Whitstable.
Whitstable Urban	Kent	1894	1934	Created 1894 out of the parishes of Whitstable and Seasalter. Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Whitstable.

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Blean Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.6.1895	(a)	Lost part of the parish of Hackington (which became part of the parish of St. Mary Northgate in 1894) to Canterbury registration district.	122 in 1891
1.6.1895	(b)	Lost part of the parish of Sturry (which became part of the parish of St. Mary Northgate in 1894) to Canterbury registration district.	0 in 1891
1.6.1910	(c)	Lost the parishes of Christchurch, St. Dunstan Within, St. Gregory the Great, Staplegate, and The Archbishop's Palace Precincts, to Canterbury registration district.	3682 in 1901
1.4.1934	(d)	Lost part of the parish of Hackington (which became part of the parish of Canterbury on 1.4.1934) to Canterbury registration district.	446 in 1931
1.4.1934	(e)	Lost part of the parish of St. Dunstan Without (which became part of the parish of Canterbury on 1.4.1934) to Canterbury registration district.	100 in 1931
1.4.1941 (abolished)	(f)	Lost the constituent parishes of Chislet, Hackington, Herne Bay, Hoath, St. Cosmus & St. Damian in the Blean, Sturry, Westbere, and Whitstable, to Bridge registration district.	32927 in 1931

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